Django Reinhardt - "Improvisation n°1" (1937) - Gill & Jazz Transcription

[@Bcarn1998]

He is one of if not the best. His articulation is out of this world

[@andrewhuang]

thank you for all the work you put into this!

[@MrPETUGUE]

Incroyable transcription ! Un travail colossal et, me semble-t-il, sans erreur ! Bravo et merci infiniment Gilles !

[@neumanhoracio7450]

Que maravilla!! se me caen las lagrimas el Gran Django y ahora todos podemos acercarnos a su obra y seguir latiendo su música!!! Infinitas Gracias! desde Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!

[@davidwalker5054]

Django is without doubt the best guitarist i have ever heard. But what i find totally amazing is that he improvised on all his solo's. And they are always perfect. Never see the like of him again

[@bobareeniobobareenio2935]

Davey Ol boy,, you’re absolutely right . I would like to point out one thing: when one improvises, it always perfect ; it’s when one is following someone else’s stuff that mistakes are made. . The best performance you will ever give, is when you’re creating as you go . .

[@tonalambiguity3345]

His musical intuition is unreal. You could dedicate an entire course to his use of rhythmic groupings. I can barely fathom someone doing that now, with all the access to instruction. Django did it when no one else had done it before. That’s true creation.

[@miguelleiton3645]

Su capacidad creativa que fue perfecta; se comprueba al escuchar el mismo tema en sus grabaciones con diferencia de fecha entre una y otra..... No creo haber escuchado una falla con solo 2 dedos.......

[@miguelleiton3645]

​@@bobareeniobobareenio2935..nunca he aprobado a los imitadores....tienes razon...

[@jameycummins1112]

Amazing! The full scope of his genius is on display in this one!

[@albertfish69]

thought id lost this video forever, thank baby jesus i found it again. you rule man

[@adeltaprince]

thank you so much ! seeing fretboard , standard notation and tab simultaneously while hearing the piece , is an absolutely amazing teaching / learning method !! this piece is one i've wanted to learn for many years , and have only scratched the surface until now . you have made learning this a reality for me ! i look forward to learning more of your posted songs ! i have been playing and performing for over 40 years ... who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks !!!!! merci beaucoup !

[@jesseascriven]

Thank you for posting this!

[@stevearle]

Great post as I cannot get enough of the transcription method at the top... Fantastic!

[@adeltaprince]

brilliant learning tool , with simultaneous transcriptions modes , !!! thank you !

[@bulikjudit]

This is fantastic !

[@backslash68]

amazing how Django can make even a swipe on all empty strings sound beautiful

[@secretidentitynetwork6218]

It is like God telling the angels a story. It is too beautiful to describe.

[@daniellemelle744]

merci de nous faire partager tout ce travail!

[@NostalgiaOfRock]

gilogic...thanks...you are the best human on the earth ! :)

[@janpol85]

Non seulement l'improvisation de Django est formidable, mais je salue aussi la prestation de Gilogic, car pour avoir discuté par mail avec lui, je sais que c'est un travail colossal. Chapeau Janpol

[@Kebbius]

A genius. Thank you

[@stevearle]

Interesting visual representation of Django's style/ thought processes. Well done sir, Thanx for posting.

[@CJbouzouki]

Thank you gilogic for this.

[@goorarvey5014]

Thanks so much!

[@theapriltreeband]

Chapeau! A beautiful study for me to work on over the cold winter months. Merci Beaucoup :-)

[@louisa4052]

merci mille fois

[@Soytu19]

that intro is amazing...

[@tonyfaelens3626]

SUPER !!!!!

[@mrblue99999]

truly amazing aid you have provided. thank you. any chance of in a sentimental mood?

[@marino4691]

really good! i hope there will follow some more videos.

[@Soytu19]

wow man! NICE WORK!!

[@mahatma791]

Wonderfull

[@douglasnorris109]

THAT IS COOL!

[@SamyDaussat]

Fantastique

[@sisistar]

Thank you verry much :D

[@GillJazzTranscriptions]

there is an error on the tab. the truth is on the neck and partition. it's too complicated to do it again

[@mendali]

nice work!

[@jackbyrnesbass]

12 years before Lennie Tristano's "Intuition"!! As far as I know, this should be considered the first "free jazz" record. *First Claimed by jazz writer Harvey Pekar.

[@sylvain1111]

Best ever period.

[@warrkrymez]

He was able to use his ring finger and pinkie for chords (after re-training) but not for single lines.

[@YusakHartoko]

this great work...how to make video like this??

[@greg4600]

excellent - have you ever worked on dream ship?

[@piotrleroy1263]

Hello do you know some classic compositor i could play on guitare which look to this song?

[@thechetpicker]

Thank you very much. Now mere mortals can attempt this

[@kimo1205]

@gilogic cool... its the one i thought sounded better too ... man bireli's version of Si tu Savais ... would be awesome with this program ... peace

[@kimo1205]

if you pause at 1:11 .. the digital fretboard chord doesn't match the tab... its the third chord after the second open A string... the chord on the tab says 3423 and on the fretboard it shows 4423... which is correct? just wanna make sure im doing it right ...

[@eiliannoyes5212]

Też tak mam, trochę.

[@gastonlutri]

Wich software do you use to slow down? Great job, thank you!!!

[@EmB7CG]

Man you have to do Parfum as a personal favor to me!

[@NostalgiaOfRock]

lol i cant believe he played all these with 2 fingers...i can play olny the 5% from this...im such a nerd...

[@vmg7008]

et tout ca sur deux doigts et demi...

[@GillJazzTranscriptions]

Oui, enfin pour les accords Django utilisait tout ses doigts avec juste l'impossibilité de monter l'annulaire et l'auriculaire sur les 4 cordes graves, d'ou l'utilisation intensive du pouce de la main gauche.

[@vmg7008]

@@GillJazzTranscriptions Oui tout a fait. Il pouvait aussi faire des barres avec les doigts brules.

[@Blomhert]

Unbelieveble, while he hardly could read notes!

[@jeffmoore9487]

He couldn't read notes or language at all till late when Stephane Grappelli helped him to start a little. The idea that formal written material is the best way to this kind of mastery is, if not wrong, misguided. That kind of mastery must be obtained with your fingers. Though the musical ideas are amazing, the technique on guitar was Django's way to both composition and playing. Listening and interpretation of course is necessary too. He only had two usable fingers by the way. The other two fingers of his fretting hand could only be used together and were used only only the 2 or 3 smallest strings as they were unable to be extended.

People can talk no matter if they can read alphabets... it's very same.

[@lo0ksik]

but he did know the chords names. its not totaly blank

[@jeffmoore9487]

@ Yes indeed. To me guitar is like the baby learning to walk. Guitar and walking are not learned quickly or theoretically but physically and by example. Django composed (did his thinking and exploration) with his fingers and guitar. He built his castles entirely on the fretboard without paper or words. He seemed go be able to bring anything he heard into his creations, so there are constant reflections of classical, ethnic, and popular music in his playing. So we're hearing his version of influences like Louis Armstrong, Debussy, French Mussette, Gypsy music, Flamenco, and who knows what else mixed in to his play.

[@loiselisy9607]

faut être fou pour transcrire ça

[@BryanDiMaioMusic]

you forgot to separate your measures...